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Tobacco

Each year, an average of 16,200 Michigan adults die from their own smoking, and nearly 6,000 Michigan children become addicted to tobacco, a third of whom will die prematurely as a result. In fact, tobacco kills more people in our state than AIDS, alcohol, auto accidents, drug overdoses, murders, and suicides combined.

Smoking-related health problems cost Michigan more than $4.5 billion per year, including more than $1.3 billion in Medicaid expenditures. MDHHS and its many local partners have worked tirelessly to help tobacco users quit, and their efforts have led to a 47% drop in Michigan high school smoking since 2009, and an 11% drop in adult smoking from 2011 through 2015. But, there is more to do, and you can help!